Childhood of World Famous People: Marie Curie

Author: Lin Wen Yue (Compiler)
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Features: Marie Curie (1867–1934), originally named Maria Sk?odowska, was a French physicist and chemist. Born in Poland, she obtained a doctorate in science from the University of Paris. She married Pierre Curie in 1895 and together they researched radioactive elements, which were first discovered by Henri Becquerel that year. After Curie's death in 1906, she continued her research on radioactivity, achieving significant accomplishments, and authored works such as General Theory of Radioactivity and Research on Radioactive Substances, advancing the development of nuclear science. For her research on radioactivity, she shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pierre Curie and later won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She was a female professor at the University of Paris, a female member of the French Academy of Sciences, and was appointed as a member of academies in fifteen other countries. She received twenty-four awards and medals from seven countries and held one hundred and four honorary positions in twenty-five countries.